Bethlehem Township police seize suspected heroin from home of woman's 'suspicious' death

Her death has been labeled 'suspicious' by authorities

Authorities say a woman was found dead Wednesday in a home on Country Club… (DENISE SANCHEZ, THE MORNING…)

December 07, 2012|By Pamela Lehman, Of The Morning Call

Bethlehem Township police found drugs and seized computer and electronic equipment from a home where the body of an Allentown woman was found Wednesday afternoon, a death authorities have labeled as "suspicious."

On Wednesday afternoon, police found the 26-year-old woman dead inside a home at 3920 Country Club Road. She is identified as Amy Soule of Allentown, said Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek. Soule's cause and manner of death are pending, Lysek said.

Soule's husband, Craig Friebolin, said authorities alerted him Wednesday that his wife's body was found. He said Soule had been missing for 19 hours.

According to a search warrant filed Wednesday, police found suspected heroin packets, marijuana and a marijuana grinder and pipe inside the home of Chad Delp, who lives at the Country Club Road address.

Delp will be charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a small amount of marijuana, court records state.

According to the search warrant inventory:

Delp, 35, called township police shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. He said he had returned home from work and found Soule dead in his bed.

Police said Soule had no signs of trauma or injury.

Delp told police that he had Soule's phone number for the past year and they had traded phone calls and text messages.

He told police that on Tuesday, he arranged to meet Soule at the Platinum Plus Gentleman's Club, where she worked. He said after she left work early Wednesday morning, they returned to his home.

Police said inside a garbage can in the bedroom where Soule's body was found, they found empty packets of suspected heroin. Police said they also found the marijuana pipe and grinder inside the bedroom.

Police also took a video recorder from inside Delp's bedroom.

Other items seized at Delp's home include a 9mm gun and ammunition; computer and camera equipment; six packets of an unknown, white substance; three purses and various women's clothing.

Township police Chief Daniel Pancoast would only say the investigation is ongoing.

District Attorney John Morganelli confirmed that Soule had been reported missing by her husband.